Global politics and conflict, especially MENA. Writing, conflict analysis and civilian protection. Previously from Egypt, Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Palestine.
Aug 9 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Meet Colonel (ret.) Chris Romberg, former British army officer (29 Commando Regiment), military attache at UK embassies in Egypt and Jordan, and son of a Holocaust survivor.
Chris was arrested today for supporting a terrorist organisation.
A quick thread >
I first met Chris 17 years ago. His Jewish father fled from Austria to the UK, aged 25, to escape the Nazis, a fact which has motivated his protest today.
“You grow up believing the myths you're told,” he said. “Land without people for a people without land, and all that.”
Aug 9 • 29 tweets • 12 min read
I'm in Parliament Square, London, UK, where police have begun to arrest hundreds of people holding signs saying "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action" . Thread with updates >
Police have not arrested this man, a Zionist counter protestor who got into a scuffle after I saw him assault a woman unprovoked - he hit her on the head with his placard.